Leola M. Cork, a longtime resident of Torrance, Calif., died on Wednesday February 12, 2020 at the age of 98. She was born September 4, 1921 in Chandler, Okla., to John Francis Kelley and Mamie Ethel (Sadler) Kelley.
She graduated high school from Clinton, Okla., and went on to earn a bookkeeping certification from a business school in Clinton. Soon afterwards, she moved to southern California wher…